RISING costs have led to hundreds of pharmacies shutting for good – at a time when they have been given extra duties to help patients struggling to see their GPs.
One pharmacist told The Sun on Sunday: “I can guarantee you patients will die as a consequence of this crisis.”
Between 2019 and 2022, taking into account the number of pharmacy openings and closures, the net figure was down 491, leaving just 11,500 in England.
This year supermarkets have announced there will be another 244 closures.
It means the elderly and ill have no choice but to travel miles to find what they need – or go without.